An illiterate, rowdy green-haired clown, Krusty was born to Jewish parents on the Eastside of Springfield. His father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofski disapproved of his son aspiring to be a clown. Krusty told his father "I wanna make people laugh." Unfortunately, his father responded "Selzer is for drinking, pies is for eating." When the Rabbi discovered his son performing at a Rabbi Convention in the Catskill Mountains, (twisting balloons into images of the Star of David and Menorahs), he refused to ever speak with his son again.